He is expected to tell jurors how fomer Mayor Pro Tem Don Hill and his plan commission appointee, D’Angelo Lee, allegedly pressured him to hire their associates as consultants and construction contractors on his southern Dallas affordable housing projects. When he did not, prosecutors contend, Hill and Lee voted against his developments.

Evidence in the trial so far has shown that Lee hit Fisher up for a $2,500 donation to Hill’s November 2004 birthday party. When he resisted paying, according to the government, Hill voted against his southern Dallas low-income housing projects and delayed his zoning change requests, shifting his support to Fisher’s rival, Brian Potashnik. Potashnik has pleaded guilty to bribing Hill and Lee.

Fisher contacted the FBI. They were already investigating his potential involvement in hiring a security firm owned by then-council member James Fantroy. After Fisher came forward and agreed to be an informant, agents’ attention shifted to Hill, Lee and more than a dozen others who were charged with extorting money from Fisher and accepting bribes from Potashnik. Six have pleaded and most are expected to testify.

Click below to follow his testimony live. Staff Writer Holly Hacker will be live blogging Fisher’s testimony this morning, and I’ll pick it up after lunch. If you are on a mobile device, you can also see the coverage at www.coveritlive.com/mobile and select “Dallas City Hall Corruption Trial” in live events.